James 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, 1  do not show prejudice 2  if you possess faith 3  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. 4 

James 2:9

2:9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. 5 

1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

2 tn Or “partiality.”

3 tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

4 tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

5 tn Or “transgressors.”